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A TALE OF TWO NAVIES: Geopolitics, Technology, and Strategy in the United States Navy and the Royal Navy, 1960-2015 By Anthony R. Wells. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2017. 264 pp. $35.00 ISBN: 978-1-68247-120-3 The U.S. Navy and the U.K. Royal Navy have enjoyed close ties for a century and forged interoperability during World War II that continued through the Cold War to the present day. The author, who served in intelligence roles for both navies, is especially qualified to analyze the special relationship that endures between the two navies as well as the two nations. He focuses on events and intelligence cooperation that involved both navies, including the dominating specter of the Cold War, the Falklands War, conflicts in the Middle East, the uncovering of spy rings - especially the Walker case - and the response to 9/11.